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Topic: What piece does Hamelin play at the beginning of the Supervirtuoso documentary? (Read 1534 times)

cherub_rocker1979

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What piece does Hamelin play at the beginning of the Supervirtuoso documentary?

on: November 30, 2005, 04:14:42 AM

The one that is playing from 00:16 to 01:20 on Part 1. It sounds Lisztian.

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ryguillian

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Re: What piece does Hamelin play at the beginning of the Supervirtuoso documentary?

Reply #1 on: November 30, 2005, 04:23:19 AM

Quote from: cherub_rocker1979

The one that is playing from 00:16 to 01:20 on Part 1. It sounds Lisztian.

You've perceptive ears! He is performing Franz Liszt's "Fantasia and Fugue on the letters of the name of Bach".

—Ryan

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